project bike research
In my previous post I stated I was in the hunt for a project bike, likely a Café Racer. A successful hunt requires knowledge of the prey, so in the last few days I’ve been researching various bikes, in the process I’ve found some real gems of moto history. This may make you laugh, but this is why I love bikes so much, the “ingenuity/craziness/stupidity/because I can” behind some designs:
Taken from Caferacer.ca:
This MV Augusta 60cc Monomoto Superleggera is the experimental machine ridden by young wealthy Italian Luiggi Bandini, during practice for the 1954 Milano-Taranto Road Race. Bandini tragically lost control in a misty mountain section, while waving to a pretty spectator.
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I’ll be doing a series of posts on the gems I find, along with project candidates in the coming weeks. Do I dare build a Monomoto? Is it safe? As long as I avoid pretty spectators.